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| Bill | Towing, impoundment, etc.; payments or reimbursements by the Commonwealth. | Towing, impoundment, immobilization, and storage costs; payments or reimbursements by the Commonwealth. Clarifies that the payments or reimbursements owed by the Commonwealth to the owner or lienholder of a vehicle under existing law for the cost of towing, impounding, immobilizing, or storing certain vehicles involved in criminal offenses shall be paid through the state treasury from the appropriation for criminal charges. The bill requires such requests to be on a form developed specifically for such purpose by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 124 | Virginia SB 124 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 124 (2026) — Towing, impoundment, etc.; payments or reimbursements by the Commonwealth.
Towing, impoundment, immobilization, and storage costs; payments or reimbursements by the Commonwealth. Clarifies that the payments or reimbursements owed by the Commonwealth to the owner or lienholder of a vehicle under existing law for the cost of towing, impounding, immobilizing, or storing certain vehicles involved in criminal offenses shall be paid through the state treasury from the appropriation for criminal charges. The bill requires such requests to be on a form developed specifically for such purpose by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Transportation — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103426D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB124)
- 2026-01-22 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-26 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-26 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-26 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-27 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc)
referral-committee - 2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-03-05 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB124ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB124)
- 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 484 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0484)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6cc703ab-245c-438c-830b-19b18c7fdb11. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).